Students bring drone technology to farmers

The Sokoine University of Agriculture (Sua) will now get fully involved in promoting biogas technology in the Southern Highlands regions for agriculture, it emerged here recently during a field visit by researchers.

By Friday Simbaya, Njombe

SOYBEANS farmers in the Southern Highlands regions have been advised to use simple technology for processing their crops which will add value to their products and raise the income from soybeans production.

For so long farmers have been selling soybeans as unfinished goods or raw materials which deprive economic benefits of raising income from soybeans production which force them to sell it (soybeans) at a throw away price.

Hosanna Ngonyani is one of the local...

Institute of Technology students boycott exams
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Students of the Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) and the school's administration are locked in a tug of war over school fees payments. The entire students' body boycotted the exams which they were to sit for yesterday in an attempt to pressurize the ...

Students plead with government to boost science and technology
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Students have urged the government to invest in science and information technology in order to develop and increase a number of experts in science and technology industry in the country. Speaking in an interview with The Guardian in Morogoro recently ...

 

Charles Brewer, Managing Director for DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa.

*Ashish Thakkar, Founder and CEO of Mara Group, gave conference delegates interesting and thought-provoking insights

 DHL (http://www.dpdhl.com), the world’s leading logistics service provider, held its 5th annual Global Technology conference in Dubai last month, featuring a number of key sessions on doing business in Africa.

Under the theme of “Connecting Markets, Trends & People”, the conference hosted some 300...

Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera, EAC Secretary General (left), being greeted upon arrival to NM-AIST grounds by the Institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Burton Mwamila.hhhAmb. Dr. Richard Sezibera, EAC Secretary General (centre), handing over a gift token of the EAC flag and other publications to NM-AIST’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Burton Mwamila (second left). Celebrating in this auspicious moment are Aloysius Chebet, EAC Principle Education Officer (second right) and Prof. Lughano Kusiluka (far...

Wildlife protection in Kenya is set for a technological revolution this year after a pilotless drone was released for a two week trial run at Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy ahead of its rollout later in the year.

The Pentagon confirms that a US drone strike in Somalia last Friday killed al-Shabab leader, Adan Garar, a suspect in the 2013 Kenya mall attack.

At least two senior commanders from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab have been killed in a drone strike in south-west Somalia, residents say.